Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2

Mariners pause NATO drill, save Caretta Caretta

Turkish mariners serving at the mine hunter TCG Alanya ship, participating in a NATO military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, paused a drill after noticing a Caretta Caretta in the fishlines.

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The soldiers in the Turkish mine hunter realized a Caretta Caretta floundering over the sea and saw that it could not move due to the fishlines that trapped it.

Romanian Naval Forces release command of Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2

The Romanian Naval Forces have released, on Monday, command of the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG-2), informs, on Tuesday, a press release sent by the Naval Forces General Staff. According to the quoted source, the event took place, as a first, through videoconference, as a preventive measure in the international epidemiological context given by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The National Maritime Exercise Breeze 2019 Has Begun - 12 NATO Countries Will Participate

The national maritime exercise Breeze 2019 has begun. The military exercise will last until July 21. The military headquarters based in Varna has named the zones of the military exercise in the Bulgarian aquatory and the exclusive economic zone of the Black Sea.

Turkey takes charge of NATO's mine countermeasures force

Turkey has taken over the command of a NATO mine countermeasures reaction force from Italy for one year in a ceremony held in Turkey?s northwestern province of Bal?kesir.

Turkish Naval Forces? Staff Colonel Ramazan Kesgin took over NATO?s permanent Mine Countermeasures Group-2 (SNMCMG-2) during an official ceremony at the Erdek naval base command in Bal?kesir on July 2.